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MFM FELLOWSHIP FACULTY -
TINNAKORN CHAIWORAPONGSA, M.D.

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MFM FELLOW - TINNAKORN CHAIWORAPONGSA, M.D.Title

  • Professor, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University

Education and Training

  • M.D. - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
  • Internship - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
  • Residency - Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
  • Visiting Research Fellow, St Mary’s Hospital, St Louis University, St Louis, Missouri
  • Visiting NIH Research Fellow, Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH

Awards and Recognitions

  • Central Poster Award - 67th Annual Meeting of the Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 1999
  • Young Investigator Award - 70th Annual Meeting of the Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2003
  • Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 2003
  • Outstanding Reviewer, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2004
  • Awards of “Excellence in Academic Achievement” from the Wayne State University School of Medicine and Hutzel Women’s Hospital in 2004, 2005 and 2006
  • Certificate of excellence in academic achievement from the Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, 2006 - 2007
  • Research Excellence Award from the Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, 2008
  • Jacqueline and Marshall Lindheimer Award, International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy. Gostch F, Kim YM, Kim CJ, Edwin S, Hotra J, Tarca AL, Chaiworapongsa T, Kusanovic JP, Mor G, Redman CWG, Romero R.  A Link Between Inflammation/Infection and Anti-angiogenic State in Preeclampsia: Inflammaroty Mediators Mimic Effect of Hypoxia on Trophoblast by Increasing sFlt-1 and Decreasig Placental Growth Factor Production, 2008
  • Frederick P. Zuspan Award, International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy. Kusanovic JP, Erez O, Gotsch F, Chaiworapongsa T, Mazaki-Tovi S, Vaisbuch E, Gomez R, Hassan SS, Romero R. Maternal Plasma Concentrations of Placental Growth Factor, Soluble Flt1 and Soluble Endoglin in Early Pregnancy and the Second Trimeseter in the Identification of Patients Destined to Develop Preterm Preeclampsia, 2008
  • Research Excellence Award from the Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, 2009
  • Research Excellence Award from the Perintaology Reseach Branch, NICHD, NIH, DHHS, Detroit, Michigan, 2009
  • “March of Dimes Award for Best Research in Prematurity.” Romero R, Velez DR, Mazaki-Tovi S, Gomez R, Behnke E, Chaiworapongsa T, Anant MK, Salisbury B, Carr J, Vovis G, Kim CJ, Tromp G, Menon R, Williams S. Identification of fetal and maternal single nucleotiode polymorphisms in candidate genes that predispose to spontaneous preterm labor with intact membranes. 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009; 201: S9. (Abstract 14), 2010
  • Outstanding contributions to the manuscript review process of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2010

Research Interests

  • The role and function of angiogenic/anti-angiogenic factors in the Great Obstetrical Syndromes
  • The relationship between markers of intra-vascular inflammation and plasma concentrations of angiogenic/anti-angiogenic factors

Selected Publications

VIew all publications for Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa, M.D.

  • Evidence for fetal involvement in the pathologic process of clinical chorioamnionitis. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2002;186:1178-82. Chaiworapongsa T, Romero R, Kim JC, Kim YM, Blackwell SC, Yoon BH, Gomez R
  • Maternal lymphocyte subpopulations (CD45RA+ and CD45RO+) in preeclampsia.  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2002;187:889-93. Chaiworapongsa T, Gervasi MT, Refuerzo J, Espinoza J, Yoshimatsu J, Berman S, Romero R
  • Evidence supporting a role for blockade of the vascular endothelial growth factor system in the pathophysiology of preeclampsia. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2004;190:1541-7. Chaiworapongsa T, Romero R, Espinoza J, Bujold E, Kim YM, Goncalves LF, Gomez R, Edwin S (Young Investigator Award)
  • Plasma soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 concentration is elevated prior to the clinical diagnosis of pre-eclampsia. Journal of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 2005;17:3-18. Chaiworapongsa T, Romero R, Kim YM, Kim GJ, Kim MR, Espinoza J, Bujold E, Goncalves LF, Gomez R, Edwin S, Mazor M
  • The maternal plasma soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 concentration is elevated in SGA and the magnitude of the increase relates to Doppler abnormalities in the maternal and fetal circulation. Journal of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 2008;21:25-40. Chaiworapongsa T, Espinoza J, Gotsch F, Kim YM, Kim GJ, Goncalves LF, Edwin S, Kusanovic JP, Erez O, Than NG, Hassan SS, Romero R